Wednesday, August 26 - Sunday, August 30

Each year in August, we welcome more than eighty filmmakers and hundreds of audience members to the town of Middlebury, Vermont, offering a dynamic showcase of films from emerging voices in independent film. Dedicated solely to the work of first- and second-time directors, MNFF provides a unique and supportive platform for artists taking early steps into the world of independent cinema.

September 4 from 3-8pm & September 5 10-1pm in the Anderson Studio

Join OCM, MCP and other companies as they open their costume closets to the public. Loved a dress from ‘Moon Over Buffalo’? Or a jacket from ‘La Boheme’? Now is your chance to own that exact item! Proceeds from clothing sale to benefit Town Hall Theater and our beloved resident companies.

First Friday of the Month, all summer long

Local and internationally celebrated performers will play a range of music genres, including rock, folk, blues, Americana, and even chamber music. This live music series will host food offerings and a bar and run on the first Friday of the month from June through October.

Sunday, September 13 at 5:30pm

SESSION AMERICANA is a Boston based cast of top-shelf players, singers, and writers who tour internationally, taking their own songs, plus hundreds more from the American songbook, on the road. You’ll be a part of the intimate, raucous scene these players built years ago with one simple credo— access the joy.

Tuesday, September 15 at 7pm

NINE TO FIVE: Prepare a five-minute story about being on the clock. First jobs and corporate climbing. Dream gigs, survival works, side hustles. Water cooler gossip, awkward HR meetings. Burning the midnight oil or goofing off on the company dime. Passion projects that fuel you or counting the minutes until happy hour. Is it your calling? Or just a paycheck? Punch in. Punch out. Repeat. What a way to make a livin’!

Friday, September 25
5pm: Cocktail Hour
6pm: Jazz and Poetry

The third installment of The Loop series invites audiences to step inside a dynamic, immersive jazz and poetry improvisation with The Conversations Trio, featuring musicians Bill Vitek (piano) and Ron White (bass), with poet Burnham Holmes.

Sunday, September 27 at 4pm

Cocktails & mingling at 4 pm, then a reading from the issue at 4:30. It's always a wonderful afternoon. Zig Zag is an arts & literature magazine for & by those who live, labor, or loiter in Addison County. Since their founding in 2016, they've published 260+ individuals.

Submission Deadline: June 15
Event: September 17, 2026

We invite Middle and High School students across the State of Vermont to be a part of our nation’s 250th anniversary by sharing artwork and poetry to describe what Liberty means to them.